How old is your current Intel PC platform?

I was trudging thru my old online purchases the other day and found out i bought my primary PC in May of 2012. I included a 5870 and have since upgraded that to a 7970 and now 1080. Nothing else has been changed.

Usually this is something i'd have swapped out every 2 years.

Anyway I'm wondering how many ppl here are still running their old Sandy and Ivy Bridge machines? Do you normally wait this long to move on? Do you have prospects for upgrading?

I still have a 2600K on a Z68 in 2011 after finishing my latest tertiary qualification (Cert IV in ICT). Video card has been upgraded 5 times and more RAM added (8>>16GB) and frankly I think the latest AMD is the only thing that will give a possible performance hit >5% that is.

I have a 17" laptop with a i7 3615QM 2.3-3.1GHz quad core CPU which I have owned since 2013. Hasn't let me down in terms of raw processing speed. The GPU is an Geforce 650m which is quite weak for gaming, and unfortunately not upgradable which has tempted me into looking into the Gigabyte Aero 14" which has a Geforce 1060.

I think modern PC platforms can do a bit better in terms of latency. Not sure if it's my CPU, RAM or SSD... or Chrome.

Still working as a daily without any thought about a new one. Ever since the first of the 'core iX' series of CPUs PC's have really got fast enough for the average person not to need an upgrade unless they game or do something that stresses the CPU (like video work) or their current one breaks. Of course an SSD is key to the longevity of those old machines though!

My son's gaming rig is AMD based is getting on a bit these days (AMD Phenom II X6 1090T). Still works very well for what he plays but it's at a point where I don't know if it's worth updating the GPU alone or if it's time to drop in a new everything.

I'm on a 2600k @ 4GHZ & an RX 480 8 GHZ card. I'm coming off long term use of an AMD 1055T & RX 290 card machine, so this computer is great to me, certainly won't be changing anything until this one can't play the latest games.

The core of my system is still the same from when I first built it back in early 2013. That is 3770K @ 4.4ghz, Sabertooth Z77 & 16gb DDR3 RAM. Been acouple GPU upgrades (GTX680 to 780 to 980) and 1 case/colour scheme overhaul. No plans on upgrading CPU just yet, maybe in another year or two. 1080ti and monitor upgrade first though